Robert Peston

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5,697 appearances 44 recordings 5 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard yesterday

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The Rest Is Money · 312. What's missing from Healey's growth plan? · 9 Sep 2026 podcast

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If you go back to two thousand if you go now go matched

2020 plus you know, since then, it's fallen to just 31%. matched

Outside of London, yeah. matched

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So, you know, there has been this massive shift of fast-growing businesses to London, um, which is really bad for sharing prosperity around the country. matched

So, you know, he is absolutely right, the Chancellor, to focus. matched

On how do you spread the wealth? matched

Is his, you know, growth in every postcode, these sorts of businesses in every postcode incredibly important. matched

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You know, because at the heart of why so many people think the economy doesn't work for them, is just because, you know, over that period since the 90s, you know, the gap in wealth and income between London and the rest of the matched

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It widened enormously. matched

And sadly, in recent years, it just hasn't narrowed really to any significant extent at all. matched

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I mean, maybe there's a little bit of narrowing with Manchester, but not really. matched

Statistics don't show that uh in any to any significant uh extent, despite Andy Burnham's claim. matched

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